Paphiopedilum parnatanum

[ORG]

Here some pictures of
Paphiopedilum parnatanum

Best greetings

Olaf

 

[P-chan]

OH!! SWEET! Beautiful blooms!

 

[Ron-NY]

very rarely seen...beautiful!

 

[CodPaph]

very , very nice

 

[JeanLux]

Great!!!! Colors, spottings, design....!!! Jean

 

[SlipperKing]

I thought this to be a rather ugly flower from original pictures but Olaf has really showed the beauty of parnatanum ! Too bad Eric can't get one of these here either!

 

[toddybear]

I must be out of touch...I never heard of this species!

 

[NYEric]

Nice, more brains! Says who!?

 

[SlipperFan]

Wonderful conglomeration of patterns!

 

[smartie2000]

I've never heard of this species. I love the combination of that pouch and those petals.

 

[ORG]

The species is really rare in the collections.
It was described 1999 by William Cavestro as Paph. parnatanum. A short time later we published a description of the same species as Paph. usitanum, but we were too late, because we had some problems with the printing of our journal Die Orchidee also when our article was ready for printing in 1998.

Best greetings

Olaf

 

[Jorch]

What growing condition does it like, Olaf? Any calcium for this species?

I like it, it's another one of those "it looks so weird and wrong that it's charming" kind of paphs

 

[mkline3]

New to me, and beautiful!

 

[ORG]

Dear Jorch,
cultivate it like Paph. sukhakulii or callosum

Best greetings

Olaf